EP0904824A2 - Méthode de purification de gaz avec régénération thermique - Google Patents

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EP0904824A2
EP0904824A2 EP98307266A EP98307266A EP0904824A2 EP 0904824 A2 EP0904824 A2 EP 0904824A2 EP 98307266 A EP98307266 A EP 98307266A EP 98307266 A EP98307266 A EP 98307266A EP 0904824 A2 EP0904824 A2 EP 0904824A2
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  • This invention relates to the purification of gas streams and more particularly to the removal of carbon dioxide from gas streams by adsorption.
  • the invention is particularly applicable to the purification of air.
  • the carbon dioxide and water vapor can be removed from the air by a number of techniques, including the use of pairs of reversing heat exchangers that are operated alternately, such that one heat exchanger is in purification service while the other is undergoing frozen carbon dioxide and ice removal, and pressure swing adsorption (PSA) and temperature swing adsorption (TSA) processes.
  • PSA pressure swing adsorption
  • TSA temperature swing adsorption
  • PSA is a well known process for separating the components of a mixture of gases by virtue of the difference in the degree of adsorption among them on a particulate adsorbent.
  • the process is carried out in one or more beds which are operated in a cycle which includes an adsorption step and a bed regeneration step.
  • the process is often carried out in pairs of adsorbent beds arranged in parallel and cycled 180° out of phase, such that one bed is in the adsorption mode while the other bed is undergoing bed regeneration. This provides a pseudo-continuous flow of the desired product or products, which may be obtained during either or both phases of the process.
  • the adsorption step may be carried out at atmospheric pressure, but is generally carried out at superatmospheric pressure, and the desorption or bed regeneration step is carried out at a relatively low pressure or under a vacuum.
  • the PSA cycle may contain other steps in addition to the fundamental steps of adsorption and regeneration, such as pressure equalization between a bed which has just completed its adsorption step and another bed which has just completed its bed regeneration step, and partial repressurization with product gas following bed regeneration or bed equalization.
  • a very effective PSA method for removing carbon dioxide and water vapor from gas streams involves the use of activated alumina as the sole adsorbent for removing both carbon dioxide and water vapor from gas streams. This process is disclosed in US-A-5,232,474, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. Although this method is superior to other prior art methods of prepurifying air, the activated alumina adsorbent is not very effective for reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in air down to very low levels, for example 1 ppm much lower than (by volume), when the activated alumina adsorbent is contaminated by even a very low level of water vapor.
  • a method of removing carbon dioxide from a gas by a cyclic pressure swing adsorption process comprising an adsorption step and an adsorbent regeneration step carried out in an adsorption zone containing an activated alumina adsorbent, characterised in that said cyclic pressure swing adsorption process is periodically interrupted and said activated alumina is subjected to thermal regeneration by heating it sufficiently to remove substantially all carbon dioxide and water vapor therefrom.
  • the gas is air.
  • the thermal regeneration is carried out by heating the activated alumina to a temperature above the temperature at which adsorption takes place, and pereferably to a temperature in the range of about 50 to about 300° C, and it is most preferably carried out by heating the activated alumina to a temperature in the range of about 100 to about 250° C, particularly when the gas being purified is air.
  • the activated alumina is preferably thermally regenerated by passing a heated substantially carbon dioxide-free and water vapor-free purge gas through the activated alumina.
  • the gas contains water vapor
  • substantially all of the water vapor is removed therefrom during the cyclic pressure swing adsorption process.
  • the pressure in the adsorption zone during the adsorption step is maintained in the range of about 1.5 to about 50 bara.
  • the pressure in the adsorption zone is often reduced to about 0.15 to about 2 bara.
  • the temperature in the adsorption zone is generally maintained in the range of about 0 to about 60° C during the adsorption step, and usually also during the adsorbent regeneration step.
  • the activated alumina is often purged with a substantially carbon dioxide-free and water vapor-free gas during at least part of said adsorbent regeneration step.
  • the pressure swing adsorption process is carried out in a system comprising a pair of adsorption zones containing activated alumina and operated 180° out of phase, such that when one adsorption zone is in adsorption service the other adsorption zone is undergoing adsorbent regeneration.
  • the substantially water vapor-free and carbon dioxide-free air produced by the process can be subjected to a cryogenic distillation process, thereby producing one or both of a nitrogen-enriched product and an oxygen-enriched product.
  • the activated alumina is preferably thermally regenerated by passing therethrough a heated waste gas stream from said cryogenic distillation process.
  • the terms “substantially water vapor-free” or “substantially free of water vapor” mean that the gas stream contains less than about 1 ppm water vapor.
  • the terms “substantially carbon dioxide-free” or “substantially free of carbon dioxide” mean that the gas stream being described contains less than about 1 ppm carbon dioxide.
  • “High purity air” is air that contains less than 1 ppm water vapor and less than 1 ppm carbon dioxide.
  • the invention will be described as it applies to the prepurification of air by the removal of water vapor and carbon dioxide therefrom, however it is to be understood that the process can be used for the purification of any gas by the removal of carbon dioxide therefrom where the carbon dioxide is more strongly adsorbed than the gas to be purified.
  • the invention can be best understood upon consideration of the appended drawing, which shows a system comprising a pair of adsorption vessels, A and B, arranged in parallel.
  • line 2 is connected to a source of air. At a point upstream of the system illustrated in the drawing, line 2 may be provided with a compressor and a cooler and moisture condenser (not shown).
  • Line 2 is connected to manifold 4, which is provided with valves 6 and 8, which, in control flow of feed gas into vessels A and B through feed lines 10 and 12, respectively.
  • Exhaust manifold 14 is also connected to lines 10 and 12 via valves 16 and 18, respectively.
  • Adsorbed gas discharge line 20 is also connected to manifold 14. Line 20 may vent directly to the atmosphere or it may be connected to the inlet end of a vacuum pump (not shown).
  • Vessels A and B each have adsorbent zones 22a and 22b, which are packed with activated alumina.
  • the quantity of activated alumina in layers 22a and 22b is sufficient to remove substantially all of the carbon dioxide and substantially all of any water vapor contained in the gas stream being treated.
  • vessels A and B are provided with support screens 26a and 26b and top screens 28a and 28b. Screens 26a and 26b are displaced from the bottom of vessel A to provide even distribution of the feed gas entering vessels A and B. Gas collection spaces are provided in vessels A and B above screens 28a and 28b.
  • the outlet ends of vessels A and B are connected to lines 30 and 32, which are respectively provided with valves 34 and 36. Lines 30 and 32 join to purified air product line 38 at a point between valves 34 and 36.
  • Product line 38 may be connected to a cryogenic distillation unit or other air separation equipment (not shown), or to an end use application.
  • PSA cycle purge gas manifold 40 fitted with valves 42 and 44, is connected to lines 30 and 32. Between valves 42 and 44, manifold 40 is connected to purge gas supply line 46, which is connected to a source of purge gas, such as a waste gas stream from a downstream cryogenic distillation unit.
  • purge gas supply line 46 which is connected to a source of purge gas, such as a waste gas stream from a downstream cryogenic distillation unit.
  • Thermal purge gas supply line 48 at its upstream end, is connected to purge gas supply line 46.
  • line 48 is connected to cross-connection line 50, which, in turn, joins lines 30 and 32.
  • Line 48 is provided with cutoff valve 52 and purge gas heater 54.
  • valves 6, 18 and 44 are open and all other valves are closed. Atmospheric air is compressed and cooled and introduced into vessel A through lines 2 and 10.
  • valve 34 is opened and gas flows through vessel A at the adsorption pressure.
  • substantially all water vapor if the air contains any
  • substantially all carbon dioxide contained in the air are adsorbed.
  • the purified air now substantially free of water vapor and carbon dioxide, passes out of vessel A through line 30 and leaves the system through line 38.
  • substantially water vapor- and carbon dioxide-free regeneration enters the system through line 46.
  • the regeneration gas may be a waste stream from a downstream cryogenic distillation unit or other air separation equipment.
  • the regeneration gas flows through manifold 40 and line 32, and then flows countercurrently (in the direction opposite to the flow of feed gas through the vessels) through the layer of activated alumina in vessel B, and as it does so, it desorbs water vapor and carbon dioxide therefrom.
  • the purge gas, together with the gas components desorbed from the adsorbent pass out of vessel B and leave the system through line 20.
  • the adsorption front in layer 22a advances toward the outlet end of vessel A.
  • the first phase of the PSA cycle is terminated and the second phase is started.
  • vessel B which has completed its PSA adsorbent regeneration phase, is put into adsorption service and the activated alumina in vessel A is regenerated.
  • the changeover is initiated by first opening valve 16 to depressurize vessel A and then opening valves 8 and 42. All other valves are closed. Compressed and cooled atmospheric air is now introduced into vessel B through lines 2 and 12.
  • valve 36 When the pressure in vessel B reaches the desired adsorption pressure, valve 36 is opened and gas flows through vessel B at the adsorption pressure. Feed air now passes cocurrently through layer 22b, where substantially all water vapor in the air and carbon dioxide contained in the air are adsorbed. The purified air, now substantially free of water vapor and carbon dioxide passes out through the top of layer 22b, leaves vessel B through line 32, and passes out of the system through line 38, as in the first phase of the process. Also during this phase, PSA cycle regeneration gas flows through line 46, manifold 40 and line 30 and countercurrently through the layers of activated alumina in vessel A, whereupon it desorbs water vapor and carbon dioxide from the adsorbent. The purge gas, together with the gas components desorbed from the activated alumina, pass out of vessel A through line 10 and leave the system through manifold 14 and line 20.
  • the adsorption front in layer 22b advances toward the outlet end of this vessel.
  • the second phase of the PSA cycle is terminated.
  • the PSA cycle is continuously repeated.
  • the water vapor and carbon dioxide adsorbed by the activated alumina is gradually removed and the activated alumina surface become cleaner and cleaner as the PSA process proceeds; however, the adsorbent clean-up process is so slow that complete removal of all the adsorbed water and carbon dioxide from the activated alumina is actually impossible under normal PSA process conditions.
  • the presence of even low levels of water vapor on the surface of activated alumina makes it very difficult to reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide in gas streams to less than about 1 ppm by PSA using activated alumina as the adsorbent.
  • novel thermal regeneration step of the invention be employed when the activated alumina adsorbents are initially loaded and after upset of the PSA process, or when the carbon dioxide concentration front inside the activated alumina adsorbent vessel reaches a predetermined limit.
  • the activated alumina adsorbent is preferably thermally regenerated before being used in PSA processes and/or when, during the PSA process, the carbon dioxide front remaining in the activated alumina layer in one or in each vessel of the adsorption system reaches the point at which more thorough adsorbent regeneration is desirable or necessary. This is accomplished by opening valves 16, 18 and 52 and activating heater 54. All other valves of the system are maintained in the closed position. Heated purge gas now flows through heater 54 and lines 48, 50, 30 and 32 and passes countercurrently through vessels A and B. As the hot purge gas passes through the activated alumina in vessels A and B, it desorbs residual carbon dioxide and water vapor from the adsorbent.
  • the purge gas passes out of the adsorbent in vessels A and B, leaves these vessels through lines 10 and 12, respectively, and passes out of the system through manifold 14 and line 20.
  • the thermal regeneration procedure is terminated and the PSA process is resumed.
  • the process of the invention is primarily intended for use in processes in which the activated alumina is the sole carbon dioxide-selective adsorbent used in the system, as is the case in the process described in US-A- 5,232,474, discussed above. However, it can be practised with multiple adsorbent systems which contain activated alumina in a first layer or bed and another carbon dioxide-selective adsorbents in a second layer or bed.
  • Atmospheric air was purified in a laboratory-scale pressure swing adsorption system consisting of two identical vertical cylindrical stainless steel vessels 86.5 inches high and having an internal diameter of 5.24 inches. The vessel was packed with 4 inches of ceramic balls at the bottom and 82.5 inches of 7x12 mesh beads of activated alumina (sold by LaRoche Industries, Inc. under the trade designation A-201).
  • the PSA cycle included as steps: pressurization to 5 bara, 250 sec.; adsorption at 5 bara, 770 sec.; depressurization to 1 bara, 50 sec.; and purge regeneration at 1.1 bara, 470 sec.
  • the gas flow rates during the adsorption and purge regeneration steps was 13.6 scfm, and 11.5 scfm, respectively.
  • the pressurization step was carried out by charging carbon dioxide-free and water vapor-free nitrogen into the adsorption vessel.
  • compressed air saturated with water vapor and containing 350-400 ppm carbon dioxide was passed upwardly through the adsorption vessel at about 25° C.
  • Purge regeneration was carried out by passing water vapor-free and carbon dioxide-free nitrogen through the adsorption vessel at about 25° C.
  • the carbon dioxide and water vapor content at various levels of the adsorption vessel were measured using a carbon dioxide analyzer (Horiba, model GA-360) and a moisture analyzer (Panametrics, Series 3), respectively.
  • the adsorbent specific product (calculated using the equation: feed flow rate x feed time/adsorbent weight needed to produce air containing not more than about 3 ppb carbon dioxide) was about 3.88 scf/lb of activated alumina.
  • Example 1 was repeated except that the activated alumina adsorbent used in Example 1 was initially baked at 100 C, under a nitrogen flow for 20 hours.
  • the PSA experimental conditions are identical to those described in Example 1.
  • the PSA cycles were repeated for more than 500 times. It was found that both carbon dioxide and water vapor concentration in the purified air streams from bed heights of 40 inches and above were below the carbon dioxide and water vapor detection limits.
  • the adsorbent specific product (calculated using the equation: feed flow rate x feed time/adsorbent weight needed to produce air containing not more than about 3 ppb carbon dioxide) was about 8.0 scf/lb of activated alumina.
  • the initially baked activated alumina adsorbent generates more than double the adsorbent specific products that the unbaked activated alumina generates. This suggests that using initially and periodically baked activated alumina for air purification by PSA will reduce the adsorbent vessel size necessary to produce high purity air.
  • the PSA section of the system may contain a single adsorption vessel or it may contain three or more adsorption vessels arranged in parallel and operated in sequence.
  • the beds of the PSA system can be operated in a vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) cycle with adsorption carried out at or above atmospheric pressure and bed regeneration conducted under a vacuum, with or without a purge.
  • VSA vacuum swing adsorption
  • the PSA cycle may include steps other than adsorption and regeneration. For example, it may include a pressure equalization step.
  • repressurization of the adsorption vessels after regeneration can be accomplished by introducing product gas into the adsorption vessel A instead of feed gas.
  • the PSA process of the invention can be practiced using activated alumina as the sole carbon dioxide-selective adsorbent, or it can be practiced using a combination of activated alumina and other carbon dioxide-selective adsorbents in a single layer or in multiple layers.
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